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Does the medical diagnosis of occupational asthma coincide with the legal diagnosis?

Zeynep Çelebi SözenerDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ömür AydınDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
, MD,
Yavuz Selim DemirelDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
, MD,
Şadan SoyyiğitDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Pamir ÇerçiDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0844-6352
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Reşat KendirlinanDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Sevim BavbekDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
, MD,
Gülfem Elif ÇelikDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
, MD,
Zeynep MisirligilDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, TurkeyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-4599
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Betül Ayşe SinDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Arif KeleşoğluAnkara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Dilşad MunganDepartment of Chest Diseases, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Pages 930-937 | Received 21 Sep 2016, Accepted 26 Dec 2016, Published online: 10 Feb 2017

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